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Five wildfires are still raging in the Panhandle as of Wednesday morning, scorching over 620,000 acres.
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Five wildfires are still raging in the Panhandle as of Wednesday morning, scorching over 620,000 acres.
One of the ongoing wildfires tearing through Texas became the second largest in state history on Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. Raging wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle in recent days, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to issue an emergency declaration for 60 counties on Tuesday. The largest fire, dubbed the Smoke House Creek Fire, is…
The Smokehouse Creek fire became the largest in state history on Thursday morning, burning 1m acres
The largest of the fires, the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Hutchinson County, has expanded to 250,000 acres, or nearly 391 square miles.
The state is battling its "largest and most destructive fire in Texas history," and the blaze is only 3% contained, officials said.